The Lounger's Common-place Book: Or, Miscellaneous Anecdotes. A Biographic, Political, Literary, and Satirical Compilation: a New Edition, ... in Two Volumes. ...editor, and sold, 1796 |
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1 - 5 találat összesen 88 találatból.
. oldal
... faid or fung on any cafual fubject of private converse , or public difcuffion . If , under the guife of literary bagatelle , I have occafionally called the attention of these gentlemen to important truth , or tried to rouze them by ...
... faid or fung on any cafual fubject of private converse , or public difcuffion . If , under the guife of literary bagatelle , I have occafionally called the attention of these gentlemen to important truth , or tried to rouze them by ...
2. oldal
... faid the young man , labouring with fra- ternal affection , angry with the phyfician , but fearful of offend- ing him , " Dear Sir , there is no one in this house pretends to de- " ny the tranfcendent merits of the " heroes and demi ...
... faid the young man , labouring with fra- ternal affection , angry with the phyfician , but fearful of offend- ing him , " Dear Sir , there is no one in this house pretends to de- " ny the tranfcendent merits of the " heroes and demi ...
3. oldal
... faid that Adair was a favourite of the fair as well as of fortune , and a hafty sketch of a lady is given in his life , which has perplexed the critics in amorous anecdote , and private fcandal , to find out who was meant . She is ...
... faid that Adair was a favourite of the fair as well as of fortune , and a hafty sketch of a lady is given in his life , which has perplexed the critics in amorous anecdote , and private fcandal , to find out who was meant . She is ...
4. oldal
... faid to have longed " to prefs the dear deftroyer " to their arms , " not content ' till they had afcertained the irresistible powers of a hero , for whom the heart of the wife , the widow , and the heirefs , had alternately throbbed ...
... faid to have longed " to prefs the dear deftroyer " to their arms , " not content ' till they had afcertained the irresistible powers of a hero , for whom the heart of the wife , the widow , and the heirefs , had alternately throbbed ...
14. oldal
... faid , " I fhall not " trouble you my friends with " long fpeeches , but of this I am " clear and certain , that whatever " alterations may take place , you " will not fee me behave like a " fcoundrel , for I will directly put " an end ...
... faid , " I fhall not " trouble you my friends with " long fpeeches , but of this I am " clear and certain , that whatever " alterations may take place , you " will not fee me behave like a " fcoundrel , for I will directly put " an end ...
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The Lounger's Common-Place Book, Or Miscellaneous Anecdotes, Vol. 2 of 2: A ... Jeremiah Whitaker Newman Nincs elérhető előnézet - 2018 |
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203. oldal - Here lies our good Edmund, whose genius was such, We scarcely can praise it, or blame it too much ; Who, born for the Universe, narrow'd his mind, And to party gave up what was meant for mankind.
222. oldal - ... to dive into the depths of dungeons ; to plunge into the infection of hospitals ; to survey the mansions of sorrow and pain ; to take the gauge and dimensions of misery, depression, and contempt; to remember the forgotten, to attend to the neglected, to visit the forsaken, and to compare and collate the distresses of all men in all countries.
149. oldal - This is owing to you ; for you put it into my head by the question you put to me at Chalfont ; which before I had not thought of.
203. oldal - Though equal to all things, for all things unfit; Too nice for a statesman, too proud for a wit; For a patriot too cool; for a drudge disobedient; And too fond of the right to pursue the expedient. In short, 'twas his fate, unemploy'd, or in place, sir, To eat mutton cold, and cut blocks with a razor.
204. oldal - As an actor, confess'd without rival to shine ; As a wit, if not first, in the very first line : Yet, with talents like these, and an excellent heart, The man had his failings, a dupe to his art. Like an ill-judging beauty, his colors he spread, And beplaster'd with rouge his own natural red.
203. oldal - Here Cumberland lies, having acted his parts, The Terence of England, the mender of hearts; A flattering painter, who made it his care To draw men as they ought to be, not as they are.
222. oldal - ... and dimensions of misery, depression and contempt; to remember the forgotten, to attend to the neglected, to visit the forsaken, and to compare and collate the distresses of all men in all countries. His plan is original ; and it is as full of genius as it is of humanity. It was a voyage of discovery ; a circumnavigation of charity.
46. oldal - Exert not your curiosity too early : it is in your power to make me grateful on certain terms. I have friends who are faithful ; but they do not bark before they bite.
71. oldal - I see the muddy wave, the dreary shore, The sluggish streams that slowly creep below, Which mortals visit, and return no more. Farewell, ye blooming fields ! ye cheerful plains!
66. oldal - Sir, there is as much evidence for the existence of spirits as against it. You may not believe it, but you cannot deny it.